I put together ‘The Cicerone ABC’ for our Christmas party – hope you enjoy reading about a day in the life of Cicerone…
A is for Austria, and the ABS crew,
Checking the book stocks,
Both backlist and new.
Kevs latest tome is all that you need
To explore snowy vistas
A fine plan indeed.
B is for Booksource, the Glaswegian team,
They process the orders.
It works like a dream!
They pick, pack and ship to our customers dear,
Then give us the money
On that Lavinia is clear!
C is for Clare and for Caroline too.
Their designs are just great
‘Cos they’ve done quite a few.
D’s drains and data, a horrible mix,
But without Sue and Anthony
We’d be in a fix.
EHP High Points – now that’s quite a book!
Everyone’s dying
To take a good look
To see if it’s easy to tell which bit’s high.
Is it this bump or that lump?
The Danes certainly try.
F is for Fellranger, quite a sizeable task.
“Deliver them quickly”
That’s all that we ask.
But then that’s the problem – just too many fells.
(Mark’s still on that bus.
I hope nobody tells!)
G is for Great Mountain Days in the Lakes.
H is for hunger.
(We all need our cakes.)
I is for internet – websites to feed.
J is for Jonathan –
Just follow his lead.
K is for KHL, our Singapore friends,
Who send us our books,
Never needing amends.
L is for Lois our editor dear.
She keeps us consistent
So there’s nothing to fear.
M is for Moveable – the Feasts for outdoors.
We think that Production
deserve some applause.
They’ve worked really hard to get this one right.
(With something so new,
It was bound to be tight.)
Nothing for N, just a nice cup of tea –
Optima, Pompeia and Verdana
To name only three.
Parking’s a challenge for most of us here.
Best be in good and early
Or a long walk, I fear.
Q is for Queyras – no problem, we think,
Except how to spell it.
That’s costing some ink!
And then Sue discovers that we’re not alone.
There may be another
But best not to moan.
R is for rain, – the wet Cumbrian stuff.
From now on, on the outside,
now the roof’s up to snuff.
R’s also for Ridges, Dan Bailey’s great love.
Just keep your mind focussed
Looking down from above!
S is for scrambles and ski-ing and snow.
Tackle each safely –
we have experts who know.
It’s also for spelling those old Scottish names
Which we have to get right
So we go to great pains.
T is for Tarzan, his climbs and his treks.
It’s also for trouble
Which leaves us all wrecks.
U is umbrellas for rain (and for sun?).
V is a Vexing
And difficult sum.
W is for Walking and Websites we know.
X is for extras
We take to a show.
Y is for ‘YES!’ when it’s all going right
And Z is for sleeping
And, with that….goodnight!
Regards
Lesley
